High-speed manufacturing of printed product micro features

An arrangement for continuous production of a printed product, comprising:

• a matrix roll having a circumferential surface with at least one recess;
• a first applicator arranged for application of a first curable compound onto said matrix roll in a controlled amount that does not exceed a volume of said at least one recess;
• wherein said first curable compound creep down in and partly fill said at least one recess, leaving protruding surfaces substantially free from said first curable compound;
• drive unit arranged for rotating said matrix roll in a rotational direction;
• a second applicator, separate from said first applicator, arranged for covering said circumferential surface and said at least one recess filled with said first curable compound by a pickup layer of a second curable compound;
• substrate guides, arranged for bringing a substrate sheet in contact with said matrix roll in a contact section;
• wherein said contact section is situated, in said rotational direction, after said second applicator;
• and
• curing means;
• wherein said pickup layer and said first curable compound are transferred together from said circumferential surface and left on a substrate surface of said substrate sheet;
• wherein said first curable compound forms printed product micro features at said pickup layer covering said substrate surface;
• and
• said curing means being arranged for curing said first curable compound and said second curable compound;
• said curing means being arranged to perform said curing at least to a part in said contact section.

A synthetic image device, comprising:

• a transparent substrate sheet;
• an array of focusing elements, arranged at a first side of said transparent substrate sheet;
• an array of image objects, associated with said focusing elements and arranged at a second side of said transparent substrate sheet, opposite to said first side;
• and
• a pickup layer provided between said array of image objects and said transparent substrate sheet;
• said image objects being printed product micro features formed by bringing a matrix in contact with a surface of said transparent substrate sheet, said matrix having at least one recess partly filled with a first curable compound and protruding surfaces substantially free from said first curable compound, and curing said first curable compound.